memory

"one lives in the hope of becoming a memory"

- antonio porchia

never too late

"it's never too late to have a happy childhood"

- tom robbins

dreamer

"basically what we have here is a dreamer. somebody out of touch with reality. when she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly"

- jeffrey eugenides, the virgin suicides

ring around the rosie

"ring around the rosie

pocket full of posies

ashes, ashes

we all fall down"

fade into you

"...fade into you

strange you never knew

fade into you

i think it's strange you never knew..."

- mazzy star

sinner

"every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future"

- oscar wilde

martyr

"she could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick"

- flannery o'connor

beautiful melodies telling me terrible things

"i like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things"

- tom waits

dare

"fortune sides with him who dares"

- virgil

those who wander

"not all those who wander are lost"

- j.r.r. tolkien

continuing to play

"life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat"

-ralph ellison